Darkness Falls Over Hellas Once Again… Oh Greece! Beautiful country with beautiful music that barely anybody speaks about these days. The birthplace of genre stalwarts Varathron, Rotting Christ ...
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Archives by: Marko Köfler
Marko Köfler
About the author
A musician and writer from Austria, as well as an avid metal-fan since 2004!
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Ola Englund made his first perceptible steps into the metal spotlight when he joined the ranks of two rather big, yet infamous bands – Six Feet Under and ...
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Comments Off on Review: Ola Englund ”The Sun and the Moon” (single) [Independent release]
The Formation of Stagnation…. Testament is definitely not a band that needs another introduction put to paper. Basically, these guys are one of the most consistent old guard ...
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Comments Off on Review: Testament ”Titans of Creation” [Nuclear Blast Records]
Quite possibly the second best Anthrax album ever While it’s certainly obvious that Belladonna is not a direct continuation of Anthrax, this record is probably the closest thing ...
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Comments Off on Review: Belladonna ”Belladonna” [Mausoleum Records]
Please just take me away to Never, Neverland Think about it – how many Annihilator albums do you love from start to finish? How many of their records ...
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Comments Off on Review: Annihilator ”Never, Neverland” [Roadrunner Records]
Don’t look around the corner, it might be lurking there… Well, how to start a review about a not entirely undisputed classic? Alice in Hell, unlike many other ...
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Comments Off on Review: Annihilator ”Alice in Hell” [Roadrunner Records]
Knight Jumps Queen, If You Know What I Mean… Jeff Waters doesn’t need too much of an introduction to those who feel home within the realm of thrash ...
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Comments Off on Review: Annihilator ”Ballistic, Sadistic” [Silver Lining Music]
Erase. Rewind. Rebuild… I’ve not exactly been an active follower of Lacuna Coil since about the time when they kind of exploded onto the scene with the commercial ...
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Comments Off on Review: Lacuna Coil ”Black Anima” [Century Media Records]
A Fire Burning Bright… I’m gonna start off with a real burner (pun intended!) here: this is my favourite black metal release of the year 2019! Some of ...
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Comments Off on Review: Cloak “The Burning Dawn“ [Season of Mist Records]
Stay dead already! You know, there comes a time when the mourning passes, a moment when even the deepest wounds slowly start the healing process and we can ...
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Comments Off on Review: Running Wild ”Crossing the Blades” [Steamhammer Records]
Want some vanilla sauce on your beef tartare? What a difficult review to write, really. Definitely one of the harder ones to be written by yours truly, but ...
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Push my cosmic engine into overdrive… Idle Hands! Oh, what a discovery. I’ve been into metal and its wondrous adventures for more than 15 years now and I ...
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Comments Off on Review: Idle Hands ”Mana” [Eisenwald Records]
A conspicious showcase of the featured bands’ vital signs. It’s 2019 and FINALLY, after all these years, the two Greek masters and originators of Hellenic black metal decided ...
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Comments Off on Review: Rotting Christ / Varathron ”Duality of the UnholyExistence” split [Hells Headbangers Records]
Only about a year after their first step onto the Greek metal grounds, Hellenic black metal band Jackal’s Truth put another log on the fire with the release ...
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Comments Off on Review: Jackal’s Truth ”Promo 98” [Independent release]
Too Late to the Game #1 – A Promise By the start of the year 1997, a new born band named Jackal’s Truth released their debut demo Dominus ...
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Comments Off on Review: Jackal’s Truth ”Dominus Silvae” [Passage Records]
Stuck somewhere between a burnout and heartwarming nostalgia I don’t think there should be much left to say about who Amon Amarth are and how successful they have ...
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Comments Off on Review: Amon Amarth ”Berserker” [Metal Blade Records]
Masters will fall and slaves will rise, immortal they shake the earth! What a crushing, annihilating, corpse-raising record! Immortal Legacy – released in 2014 – is still the ...
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Comments Off on Review: Hirax ”Immortal Legacy” [Steamhammer Records]
Watching Universes Collide Being offered the new record created by a highly likeable and immensely skilled artist like Devin Townsend could (or should?) be a dream come true ...
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Comments Off on Review: Devin Townsend “Empath” [Inside Out Music]
I like you for your warped demented ways! Twenty-five years ago, in a time where classic metal was way past its point-of-no-return in terms of decline and decay, ...
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The Heart of the Devil! Be ready for a heavily biased fanboy review of a classic album! Danzig’s third installment – which is also in possession of the ...
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Comments Off on Review: DANZIG ”III- How the Gods Kill” [Def American Recordings]
